From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 18:45:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9301B16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:45:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postbode02.zonnet.nl (postbode02.zonnet.nl [62.58.50.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B989A43D1D for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:45:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from f.staals@zonnet.nl) Received: (qmail 32422 invoked by uid 10); 30 Dec 2004 18:45:19 -0000 Received: (vexira-qq 32414-AAC63E5B invoked from network) 30 Dec 2004 19:45:19 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.2]) ([62.59.173.176]) (envelope-sender ) by postbode02.zonnet.nl (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for < >; 30 Dec 2004 18:45:19 -0000 Message-ID: <41D45AC2.1060408@zonnet.nl> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:45:06 +0000 From: Frank Staals User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041109) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Leon References: <001d01c4ee94$7bcb5470$a23db918@D1TWQX41> In-Reply-To: <001d01c4ee94$7bcb5470$a23db918@D1TWQX41> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.29.0.5; VDF: 6.29.0.43; host: postbode02.zonnet.nl) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Printing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:45:21 -0000 Leon wrote: >Hi All, > >I have an Windows XP pro. as my main O/S. >I have installed "VMWare" station. >On the "VMWare" station I have installed "FreeBSD" as a virtual machine. >I have installed CUPS and SAMBA on "BSD". >But I can not make printer work. > >I use a printer, which does not supported by "BSD". >But it works good under the XP. > >So the question is: > > Is it possible to use my windows printer from "BSD" via "VMWare" ? > If yes( I hope) what can I do else to make it work? > >Thanks to All, >Leon. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > That is possible, you can share your windows printer and print to it over the network ( in your case virtual network ) I tried this recently and I got it working, nog for 100% yet, but you might want to read this: http://forums.bsdnexus.com/viewtopic.php?t=16 and try googling on "FreeBSD printing to windows" Good luck ;) Frank Staals